... .TUE NIGHTINGAL1E THAT SINGS IN THE WINTER. TO JRNNY LIND-FPOM PUNCH. When the waters are stark, and the crystalline snow Sparkles keen and unchanged in the morn's ruddy glow, And the prism-coloured icicles flesh in the sun, The bitter cold stills all the song-birds but one. Now the linnet, th lark, and the throstle are dumb, E'en the stoat little wren's gallant heart is overcome, And the ...

... Tihe Christmas Show of Meat, &c.. in our market, on which our butchers and others pride themselves, was shorn of its usual attractionsa hi some measure, by a difference of opinion as to' whether the show ought to he on the 15th or the 22nd. Some thought the former to be preferable, wvhileothers considered that the.22d was the more fitting day for the Christmas Show. Tbe consequience was that ...

... The complete program meof this Festival has been issued, and a perusal of it wvill prove highly interesting to every real lover of the divine art. It will be seen that each day's per- formance will be enriched by compositions of imperishable fame, the beauties of which will be displayed by artistes whose high talents render them the fit interpreters of such glorious works, The Tuesday ...

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